The Sun. — London, England, 1808-10-19 00:00:00

• MAILS, , • AARIVLD—:2 Wateiford. DyZ-2, Gotienburgh, t Water. ford. PRICE OF STOCKS •. THIS DAY AT TWELV E O'CLOCK• Consols - - -66 i I Omnium - - - T H.E SU N. SOLLM QIIIS DICiR.Z ALSUM AUDILAT ? L 0 - N D 0 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1808. The Phoebe Frigate arrived at Portsmouth yester day, with Sir HEW DAL . RYMPLE on board. Sir Wm. SCOTT has also arrived ,at Portsmouth from Lisbon : he came home in the Mote. Private Letters from Lisbon, dated the sth inst . which came by the Phcpbe, state, that when Gene ral lELLERMAN, who was on board the Africa*, was relanded at that capital, he was recognized by the people, who seized him, and though ou r Officers effeaed hisrescue, he received se% cral wounds, some of a dangerous nature, from the enraged Portu gue;e. KELL.CRUAN, apprehensive of such treatment, camb on shore in plain cloaths, and . mixed with our officers in hopes of escaping deteaion. It is to be hoped that this condua, on the part of a people who . had been cruelly oppressed, will have some effect; upon those Frenchmen who are to be forced into Spain merely to gratify the ambition of a Tyrant. ,Our Troops at .Lisbon had not =basked when the • Phcebe came away: We trust the Friends of the Duke of NORFOLK and Mr. GRATTAN will lose no time in stating ex plicitly to the Pabiic, the authority upon which they made the proposition to Parliament respeaiing the Roman Catholics. We cannot bring ourselves to believe that the Nobleman and Gentleman alluded to would intentionally endeavour. to mislead . Parlia 7 men;, by making an unauthorised proposition ; and, on the other hand, it is difficult to believe, that upon ,f, , 0 important and delicate a subject, a mistake could be made; we cannot suppose that the Duke of 7,‘TottFoLk and Mr. GRATTAN would have made such an offer on the part of the RoMan C:.:holics of Ireland, , ,vith; out a distinal written authority from the Repiesen tatives Of that Body. The Public have a right to' see that written authority, if it exists, and to know fro:n what gnat - ter it was received, because the pro position was solemnly and uney'livocallir made in both Houses of Parliament, for the purpose of in ,fluencing their determination upon :a 'question then pending. The onus piolundi in, this case lies upon ,the Duke of NonFoLx, Mr. GRATTAN, and the friends of the . late Administration.— Their credit is at stake, because the late Re solution of the Roman Catholic_ Bishops, in Dub lin, is direbly at variance with the proposition made 'in their n ime in the Houses of Lotds and Com mons. The Catholic Question seems to be in every point of view fatal to the late Ministers, and it Will be a singular circumstance if it should appear, uPan investigation, that upon the same question thy have endeavoured to mislead their Sovereign, 1. hese servants they were, and to misrepresent the lt , iman Catholics, whose friends they professed lobe. We have .given si few Extraas from some Charlestown Papers which have reached town. The Embargo bee ins to !lave produ;:ed considerable dissatisfaCtion in the Northern --brutes of America, and the people of Boston have, petitioned the I' resident tor- its repeal. We should think that the events which have taken place in Spain, when they come 'to be fully _known, are likely to produce a change in• Mr. I E 1 , - 7E SON'S policy. commercial intercourse with that country, and this must be mucli . more important and advan tz,g,!oris to America, than all the trade of France and her Depenclancies, even though she were permitted.to carry it on uninolested. —( Abrning Chronicle.) This i 3 just what we expe6ted. A. 8., the confiden tial agent of JEFFER SO. N and his party in this country, znd the ".excellent correspondent" of The Morning Chronicle, who watched the public papers with the ryes of a lynx, and the moment that any paragraph. appeared expressive of the diScontent which was ra pidly rising in America, transmitted a daring and unqualified denial of it, has now received a hint to change hip note and, in the face of his former as- sections, to aciint that " the embargo" (the wisdom anci.efficacy of whip!), The Morning, Chronicle' has teen eternally taught to celebrate) seems to have pro duced a considerable dissatisfaaion . the Northern Stoles of America ! The facet is, that Mr. A. B. who, like the monster Gorgon, is triple-headed—a riddle, which we throw out to exercise the ingenuity of our readers, is grown a little impatient at the present state of affairs ; and, seeing-illat the embargo cannot iniurc-- England, as he predicted,' and no doubt expearA, is mortified at toting prevented by it from sharing it► that golden fiho-vier , Abkli is falling upon us in eibry direction. MaSSa JEFFERSON," too,' as Mr. PINCKNEY'S black calls the President, - seems to have reckoned viithciut his host. The facility of Lord HOLLAND, question tae_ worst Statesman at this day in _Europe, and the docility-6f Lord ;AUCKLAND, seer- vainly not; the-best, together :th The Yankee letters if A. B. in the .11o:71::' ,- backed, w sul)pb ! - %1 more zealous i rm iv ly.-,naadect him, that the. corree;t s ?;ad 3rivate : bare mention Of an' embargo would throw England into a fit of trembling, and eventually lay her sub missively at his feet ! The experiment has'succeeded admirably ! it has proved that we are totally'inde pendent of America ; that neither our internal nor our external policy is influenced in the slightest de gree by her petulent measures ; and that, in the wilfullness of blind hatred, she has thrown away the Carrying Trade, which the culpable lenity of thi s Country had suffired her to engross, and forced more tons of British shipping into employ in the short , space of eight months, than the united efforts of her warmest friends could have done in twice as many years. In a word., it is not easy'to conceive a more ludicrous scene than that which is exhibited by the Government of America at this instant. Sitting in her deserted rivers, upon her decayed and decaying shipping, and darting fierce and menacing looks at the loaded fleets of Great Britain, passing by in every direelion, totally unaffeded, and scarcely taking the trouble to inquire whether she be angry or'pleased Nor is this the worst; for the furious precipita tion of " Massa JEIFEKSON," has left America no eligible method of relieving herself from the absurd state into which she is plunged. Had the TALENTS, indeed,. remained in power, much might have been hoped from their friendly co-operation 3, hut' the present Ministers have a sturdy John-Bull-ish kind of devotion to the interests, of their Country, and will probably surfer those who have fallen, in a mad attempt to injure them, to recover at leisure by their own exertions. If we may trust , the . information which we have received from America, and we see no reason to doubt it, we call venture to assure the Morning Chronicle, and, through , him, Mr. A. B. (who, per haps, is already - in the secret) that the smallest con cession on the part of this Country would relieve the President mightily, and enable him to throw up the embargo with sortie degree of ,grace. That con cession, we earnestly hope and believe,,he,will never receive. Meanwhile, the embargo has laid Europe Under some obligation. It has abated the stupid vanity of the Americans, which annoyed - it very grievously, and shewn that it is neither dependent upon that quarter of the globe for light nor heat, for clothing nor fot food ; and, above' all, that other Flags will serve to transa& its maritime concerns as well as the Thirteen Stripes. To England, in particular, the measure hai been of incalculable service, by demonstrating that, in the maintenance of our just rights, nnisters will not haie, as was threatened, an • American party to contend with at their own doors (lot Mr. A. B , in spite of his triple heal, is not a party); and that whether that countiy deter mines upon peace or war, she will, in future, 'be compelled to depend upon her own e%ertiot4s, to look for victory from her cwn v‘floui , and for prosperity from her justice, impartiality, moderation, and gratitude—virtues which she has yet imperfecily learne,, and seldom appears inclined to exhibit. • If the Public were not so well acquainted with the malevolence of Party, it might wonder at the per verse violence and rancour which the opponents of Ministry constantly dire& against every measure of Government. Bat in the blind fury of party spirit, it is at times apt to exceed all bounds, and to lavish its abuse upon every body who may come within the reach of its notice. We over-looked a passage .in a Morning Paper of yesterday, which deserves partic'u lar notice and the strongest reprobation, inasmuch as it is an attack upon our brave Countrymen abroad, who are engaged in the noble service' of pro tetaing an Ally from the menaces of a ferocious Qppressor. The Paper we allude to, ,adverting to the re-possession of Bilboa, by the French, 'say's i t is informed, " that a British Army, almost equal in number to the whole of the French'thenln Spain, had lingered for more than a month, within six days sail 'of the place, doing nothing but injuring and in sulting our Allies." This atta c k upon our ga ll ant Countrymen, refers to the'British Army in Lisbon, and a more infamous 'attack has scarcely appeared, even in these days of shameless scurrility. Have we injured and insulted our Allies, in ridding them of, their rapacious tyrants, whose mildest treatment was indeed injury and insult ? But the passage in ques tion refers to. the Proclamation isSued by General HOPE, at Lisbon, - which we noticed yesterday, and which we have" the strongest reason to believe Was the etfe4of an entire concurrence on the part of the Government left by the PRINCE REGENT. The fad, as we stated yesterday, is, that the vengeance of the Portuguese against the French, and indeed against all %%co were suspeated of having favoured the French while their artny was in Lisbon, appeared in frequent massacres every night, by Which the People'vtrere inured to blood, and the course of regular justice was impeded. It was not to be expeaed that, after the dreadful tyranny in which Ills: Portuguese were held by JUNO;aiid his intauiou Confederates, that the Portuguese should not burst icao excesses which requiNd some restraint, lest habits tqig,ht .be generated degrading to the national char4C..er, adverse to the restoration of the - due Authority of Go• vernrnent. The British Army had relieved the (ountry from rapacity, oppression, and every spe cies of despotic arrogance ang cruelty. To the Bri tish, thereldre, the Portdguese had reason to look with admiration and gratitude. The Proclamation previously issued by , Sir Haw DALRYMPLE, import ed, that' measures were then in agitation for com pletely restoring those .persons. to the Govern-' meat of Portugal to whom the Prince Regent had delegated his powers, when, under the pro te6ljon of this Country, he flew from a horde of. French miscreants, the instruments - of a Tyrant who had told the world that " the House of BRA GAI,I4S. hud ceased to reign." But till the Portu guese Government was fully reinstated, it wag neces sary to suppress all popular excesses, and to put an end.to those notiurnal. murders, which were dis graceful to a people, and tended to reduce them to t he same state of brutality with the monsters from whom, they bad been rescued. Such were the reasons upon which the Proclamation of Gene ral HOPE was founded—a ProclaMation which we repeat that we have the strongest grounds , for believing - was adopted ,with the concurrence, if np t expressly at the desire, of the persons to whom the PRINCE REGENT had consigned the Government of the Country. But the Opposition Print returns to the charge this day, and says, that it should have been left " to the injured, indignant, and loyal. G eneral FREIRE D'ANDRADE," to secure the peace of the Capital, if the Civil Power had been inade quate. To which we answer, that there can be no doubt, except in those•besotted with party spirit, that " the injured, indignant, and loyal FREIRE D'ANDRALIE," was one of the very per sons who advised the Proclamation in question, and that he manifested his right to the last epithet by his willingness to let that Power which had effe&ed the deliverance of Portugal, preserve its tranquillity, till the regular Governinent itionld be restored, and ren dered capable of ma in taining itself. The Paper we allude to, concludes its libel upon out troops in Lis bon and General HoFE, by asking " who it is that most endeavours to alienate the minds, and inflame the passions of the Portuguese ?" A .question very soon answered :—Why, the discontented and fadious men in this COuntrY, who misrepresnt the conduct of those, British troops who, by their valour, have released a loyal people from - the most rapacious and cruel monsters that ever disturbed the earth, and who, while the Portuguese themselves are fully sen sible of the blessings which they have received troll) our Army, tell tile Portuguese chat we insult c rather than protect them and who every day endeavour to convert their gratitude into hostility. Such are the men who "'most endeavour to alienate the Minds and inflame the passions of the Portuguese ;" and we are shocked that such men can be round among the natives of this Coontry. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses Av- Gy STA and AMELIA, accompanied by Lord WAL SINIGHAM, Lady G. _MURRAY, COMM MUNSTER, Ge n:ral FlTzttoy, and Colonel TAYLOR, rode in Wind sor Park, and returned to the Palace at noon. A letter from Trinidad, dated Auguit '2, states, is a great alteration in the ounnunicatioas, a with t theretie adjacent Continent. Th e Spanish was t l cowing' in, and taking away goods. The ves sels brought ovef provisions, cattle, and mules, in exchange. The Wins from Malta and Gibraltar mention, that.gre4 discontents eNist in Italy, and that Sir JOHN STUART was preparing to embark on an .ex pdition .with 10,000 troops, destined, it is supposed, to mike a descent on the coast of Naples. Most of the French corps which were in that country have 'been Matched to Spain, and the present crisis cer tainly affords a favourable opportunity for the deli verance of the Neapolitans from the odious yoke which has been impysed upon them. The Garrisons of IVlalta and Gibraltar were well and in high spirits, at the end of last mouth. Private letters from Lisbon, dated the Ist instant, state, that transpoits had been cotleded in the Tagus, capable of containing 20,000 British troops, the embarkation of whom was proceeding with me greatest activity. It is reported that this force is to land in the neighbourhood of Barcelona. NAVAL NEWS. From the LONDON, GAZETTE, Oct.' 18, 1864. ,emqzraity : ;ojfice, Oa. 18, 1048. General COTTON'S Brigade of Light Cavalry will be the next to be embarked, then General PAYN4's Brigade of Heavy Cavalry, then another Brigade of Light Cavalry, and then General DORRIEN'S Brigade of Heavy Horse. It will be seen from the following letter, dated from a town butia few leagues distant from Btlboa, that an immediate attack on the enemy was in tended : EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED CASTRO, OCT. 2. Copy of a Letter from Vice-Admiral Vashon, Commanlef in- Chief 9f -his Majesty's Ships and Vessels at. Leith to the Hon. W. W. Pol4 f dated on board the Ardent, in Lab Roads, 13th , SIR, Herewith I transmit,. for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a Letter which I -have received from Captain Farquhar, Of his Majesty's Ship Ariadne, giving an account of the capture of the Danish Cutter Privateer Hatvnesen„ of . four guns and twenty-one men, from Stavanger, out four daj►s, but had made no captures. I am, &c. (Signed) J. IASHON, ViCe-Admiral. His Majesty's Ship Ariadne, OQ. 4 , aSoS, SIR., Lat. 59, 30. long. c , 39, E. I beg to, acquaint you, that I have this, day cap— tured the Danish Cutter Privateer Hcevnesen, coma .manded-by Abraham Steendal, carrying four carriage .guns and twenty-one men.' She belongs to Christian sand, but last from Stavanger; four. days out, and , has not made any capture. I have, &c. (Signed) ARTHUR FARQUHAR. Vice-Admiral Vashon, &c. PORTSMOUTH', OCT. le.—Arrived his 's Ships lyiobe, from Spain, and Plicebe, from Lisbon, having op board Sir HEW DALRYMPLE. Sailed his Majesty's , ships Egeria, with a convoy' for,the Downs ; Linnet, Defender, and La Glare" on a cruize. His,Majesty's Ship Escort is appointed convoy for Guernsey and Jersey. His Majesty's Ship Repare is released from qua. rantine. DZAL, OdT. IB.—Caine down from" the Rivera the Baroness Longueville, PITT, and Experiment, DODD, for the South S-.tas, and remain in the Downs with his Majesty's Ships as per list. Pc..YMOUTIf y OCT. 1 7.---Arrived the &Teta, TREW'AVERS, with fruit, from Lisbon, which 014 1 . 1 she left on the 2d instant : the Master state, 40 the last division of the French Troops had sailed f ib* Transport Two krothers, of Lonclun, which sailed with-the.second division; foundered at sea, 464 about 300 , French Troops perished ; the Master and Mate of which, with five seamen, had beet broggllt 444 to..Li,bon. Arrived La Seine Frigate from Corunnl. Sailed the Sybille Frigate for Portsmouth, apd Sloop of War'With a convoy for the Duvvni the Amazon Frigate to the Westward, TORBAY, OCT. 17.---Arrivej t h e Ch4nPel Fleet, under the command of Admiral GAmmEni? from their station off lirest, and remain with tl►o Ship as per last. SHEERNESS, 7.—Anchored at the Greg Nore, from Chatham, the Endyinion, of 4.0 gue s t Hon. Capt. CAPEL. QcT. Arethusa is paying up to sib months: Come down from Chatham his Majesty's ShiP .Defence. *FALUTOUTH, OCT. la.—The ' l ady .4rate//a Packet, whose arrival we yesterday noticed, sailed fro,u Gi! braltar on the 26th ult. She left there his Ali o' ty's Ships iglus, Brunswick, and Kingsfisker ta? Rime and Apollo sailed on the satne day for l'ou l `' i " ' The convoy for England, under his Majesty'" Sh 'r Thames, left Gibraltar two day s b e f or e t he I''!Clce On the 12th instant, in lat. 48. 52. ions. 6. 16 ' saVir a Fleet under convoy, supposed to be the , tieP uise , from Gibraltar.' This day 'arrived the 'Nan Cutter, Lieut. WEl g ° from Rio de Janeiro, who immediately on arrival went off with Dispatdhes for London, troth Sir SIP' NAY SAITH. She ha.: been 10 weeks uti iicr pap . sage; .Lor,t BLANEY came pasieng, r in her. Al s° arrived the Brig i)iligerice, &Lis, from London, W t. Chester, and ti'e Endeavour armed brig, fro il P 1) mouth. - Sailed this evening, the Dispatch Packet, ffAs als ' with Mails for Corunna i the Eliza N.icket, C a P t ' SAMPSON, will take .the Mail of the 18(11 itPata nt '. fur Corunna. This Packet was only seven days t" )11:1 Falmouth to Gijon, Corunna, and back, on her life voyage. It is reported, that Lord HOLLAND ° Family take their. passage in her.' A Mesienger arrived this evening for Corunna: ..'and 'will sail to-morrow in the Cricket gral eci ,SChooner. " The French entered Bilboa on the 27th ult. Forty-six thousand Spaniards are nearly ready to.at tack them, .and it will be impossible for them to re- the main there a week longer. Jr is expeaed an en- • . A very gallant attempt was lately made by gagement will take place to-day or to-morrow. , Strenuous Gun-brig, commanded by Lieut• 3 ,. °H ; " Nearly the Whole of the rvet`..-lable merchants NT 4 , 4UGENT, to cut out from under the torts of IV- I°i ' , of Bilboa .are here." , vile and Ecutivile, a French lugger .of 14 g u 2 s ic , EXTIeAOIiI . DINARY Gaownr.—ln Lord ERSK:INE'S two boats, coblaitling twenty men, su . 0 -01 `=" z i e garden at Hampstead, there are twenty-two Scottish boarding her by the fore-chains, under the 11) 0 . 4 0 fir-trees, the average height of each of which is of her guns, and a tremendous fire, to t only ir t thirty-4w° feet. They were about eight years ago the vessel, but from the beach and hatterleg , with vile carried by Lady ERSKIN' E, wrapt up as young grape-shot, which instantly killed 0.4,0 wen. this"- plants, in a 'newspaper, ' 'froth Kew ' Gardens to .„ Logger's crew, -amounting to 60 men, were by a s Hampstead. Mrs;G:LOVEI is engaged tn perform with M'CREA,-,... titne ad assembled, and the crew of the Streri li b u er fßtight thein hand 16 hand, until they lost an u _',.. er , ny's Conipany; at Chester. He is 'a judicious Ma- :'111,11),•and •bid fie mot e desperately fltger in engaging so excellent an actress, M'Ca EA— eijyy;„iiicie good tlit:ir retreat, under a show e . • '' rsl' has aMrs. GARRICK•ii) his company, ' I h -1:---e as :: • buiiet§,..whicli completely riddled the b°a ts ' s th SuMption of a name' identified with theatrival per- ••••• rile' iViobe .Frigate' arriYed at Lisbon on the ‘ ,„ O, leaion,..is Somewhat 4old 'whatever rua: s r be her I' I . .E, laud with , _ ~, . pt. rum na, kpecie, • and lauded 54 r • merits," wounded., w_rtior 4' a ~ . and If 1 1'